Gabon first lady charged with money laundering

Posted on October 2, 2023October 2, 2023
by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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Sylvia and her husband ousted President Ali Bongo (GETTY IMAGES)

Sylvia Bongo, the wife of Gabon’s ousted President Ali Bongo, has been charged with money laundering, receiving stolen property, forgery, and the use of forgery.

Public prosecutor Andre Patrick Roponat announced, on Friday, that Sylvia Bongo’s case had been brought before an investigating judge the day before.

He also said her house arrest order was being upheld.

The charges follow weeks of uncertainty about Mrs Bongo’s whereabouts after she was put under house arrest on 30 August when the military deposed her husband.

The decision to charge the former first lady comes after her son Noureddin Bongo Valentin was also charged with corruption and embezzlement and placed in pre-trial detention.

However, deposed President Ali Bongo, whose tenure was replete with accusations of corruption, has been released by the military junta and cleared to travel abroad for medical attention if he wishes.

-BBC

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